Grounds for disciplinary action
36 Grounds for disciplinary action
Each of the following is a ground for disciplinary action against a professional engineer:
the engineer knowingly or recklessly used false or misleading information to become a professional engineer;
the engineer has failed to comply with an obligation imposed under section 27 (Obligations);
the engineer knowingly or recklessly gave someone information about a professional engineering service carried out, or to be carried out, by the engineer that was false or misleading in a material particular;
the engineer stops being eligible to be registered;
the engineer has had their registration immediately suspended or cancelled under section 41;
the engineer has been convicted or found guilty of an offence—
that is an indictable offence under a law of the ACT or the Commonwealth; or
for an offence committed outside the ACT—that would be an indictable offence against a law of the ACT if committed in the ACT; or
under this Act; or
under a relevant law;
the engineer has carried out, or is carrying out, a professional engineering service that the engineer is not registered to carry out;
the engineer has contravened this Act or a relevant law;
the engineer’s registration (however described) under a relevant law has been suspended or cancelled as a result of regulatory action (however described) being taken against the engineer in that jurisdiction;
the engineer has failed to comply with a requirement of any regulatory action taken against the engineer under this part;
any other ground prescribed by regulation.
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